Piscottano v. Murphy

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

KRAVITZ, District Judge.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1988 by five corrections officers employed by the State of Connecticut’s Department of Correction (“DOC”) who claim that the defendants — the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner and three Wardens of DOC — disciplined them in violation of their constitutional rights under the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment for associating with a motorcycle group known as the Outlaws Motorcycle Club (“Outlaws”). The present proceedings arise from the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction [doc. #…